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2021 Expansion Draft: Predicted Protections

By Andrew Taylor, Day 129, 2020

The following list is a prediction/educated guess at each team's decisions for player protection for the upcoming Expansion Draft.

As the rookie draft occurs first, any listed draft picks are selected by the team. The team then must elect whether or not to protect that player, along with its existing players under contract. Free agents cannot be protected.

A team can only lose two players in the Expansion Draft.

This document will be updated as rosters change throughout the offseason.